I found this beauty today, when I was out looking for King Bolete. I have seen the Cauliflower Fungus before, but have never found one myself. I forgot all about the King Bolete and had all I could do getting this 6.5 kg treasure back home.

Most of it is now sliced to dry , we had some for dinner and the rest I gave to our neighbors.

Mid April this year Norman D. Stevens contacted me and told the story of his spoon collection , specially the 9" teaspoon collection, and asked if I would consider to donate a spoon to his collection. I must admitI was flattered. Someone living so far away had noticed my work and wanted my spoon to be a part of a unique collection.

I desided that the spoon had to be made from an Elder tree growing in the garden. The Elder has a long tradition as a material for spoons and it is closely connected to folklore in Scandinavia.

I had one major problem, when I finished the spoon -The spoon is 10"- I considered to shorten the shaft 1", but it would change the lines and the balance and I desided to keep it ,as it was born and hope that Norman accepts the spoon as a part of the 9" tea-spoon collection.

The Moorlands

I love the early mornings in the Moorlands. The dew lies heavy on the vegetation and you can just smell the start of a hot and sunny day. Although barren to look at, the moorland hides a lot of small treassures .

Today I am looking for lingonberries and bog bilberry, two of my favorite berries for both jam and herb schnapps.

Your morning egg, contain more data

than NSA is able to snatch in a decade.

A Willow cooking spoon we use almost daily . It just feels right when you stir in a pot and the coulour slightly changes over time as the spoon gets seasoned and absorbe flavours from all the different substances . I choose to use his spoon as an entrance to my comments on form and function.

Calculating process where function of the spoon is importent.You use your expirience and craftman skills to create a tool that will serve you, and the beauty of the spoon is closely connected to the functionality, as it is in any other tool. The form must indicate the use. It is a challange to combine the two .

I have recently made a Collection of serving spoons from Cherry and Sloe . When you take one of the spoons in your hand you feel the beauty.

A twist on a branch, a special curve on a log make you want to reveal a hidden form, a untold story, and you let your Eye, Hand and Wood get into a dialog and it will stretch the Wood structure and your skills to the limit

If you succeed, it is like reading a poem with your hands.

A true master of seeing a hidden form and give it life is Barry Gordon.Take a look at his Works www.barrygordon.com

Serving spoons from a branch of a Wild Cherry. One of the days where you feel Lucky making the perfect plit of a small log and both parts is suitable as spoonblanks. I have no exact recollection from where this shape or design comes from, but I looked it up after making the spoons and found that it reminds of the stylized acorn used on top of plints in gardens.

I know that the twin cherry spoons will be used daily and they will, as all wooden spoons do, become more beautiful, when used frequently.

To pick a Winner of the Lottery I have called in extra help from my Maran hens and rooster to be sure to rule out ineligibility .

There are 6 participants in the lottery. I have written the names in chronological order on a piece of plywood and placed a snack in the circle. The idea is that the hens will pick the snack in a circle and we have a Winner.

Let´s see what happens.

This is screenshots from the video showing the Marans favorite for taking the Price and the Winner of the lottery.

Winnie Snedker Winner

Thank to all of you for taken part in the celebration of the frameshop. If you need assistance framing Pictures, please give me a call, I will be happy to help and Winnie send a mail to kai@kais.nu so we can arrange for your free frame.

The frame shop is open . I finally got all the tools to make quality frames. The last couple of month I have organized a stock of materials to have a short delivery time and offer a competitive Price. Visit and More / med Mere .

This is two species that are very common where I live. Both deciduous trees and soft hardwoods and both has a long tradition of use. Back in the times where everyone had a private spoon Elder Wood was the preferred wood to make spoons, it was easy to carve when moist and get tough and hard when dry. Alder is waterproof and will harden under Water. It has been used for waterpipes and wooden shoes.

"Left click" on Pictures to scrool through gallery.

The Elder and Alder goes well together, they are familiar with each other and I want to be intimate acquainted with both.

Both the candle holder and the content of the schnaps bottle dates back to 2013. I made the candle holder from the Christmas Tree we discarded last year. One of my missions for 2015 will be to find a use for some of the Christmas trees we are throwing out in theese days. We grow a tree in 5-6 years, cut it Down, use it for a week and throw it away. What a Waste.

The bottle contains Bog Bilberry liquor. I collected the berries in August 2013 and December this year it was ready. The aroma reminds you of the moorlands where it was collected . The Bog Bilberry liquor must have a bottle where you can enjoy the deep purple-red colour. I made the Cork from a piece of Elder and Laburnum. The cork is a used champagne Cork.

Cheers. Let´s meet again in 2015.

I have been preparing to make Picture frames the last 2 month and the days between Christmas and New Year. I have been doing tests and made frames for 2 original drawings. I assemble the corners with beech dowels . It is very rewarding making frames.

The last couple of month I have been trying to make a child´s spoon / baby spoon. It is a new experience to me to let the function of the spoon be the focus point in the making. The child´s spoon idea came up, as a gift for my grandchild Dagmar´s christening. The idea originated from my daughter and she is very persuasive. I started out with a batch of 4 spoon blanks and ended up with 1 spoon, that could be used as a child´s spoon.

I could not let go of the child´s spoon. I started looking at traditional spoons. This silver spoon we found in the garden 30 years ago, but the design is very similar to the metal spoons you see today.

I used the general size and depth of this spoon, but the shape is not a design that relates to Wood and the flow of the grain. I worked my way through different materials and designs.

This is where my journey has taken me . I think the shape, the line and function is pleasing, but it is not the end station just a stop to consider in what direction to proceed.

I think it is important with a child´s spoon made from natural materials as wood, bone or horn.

A spoon is the first tool you learn to master. It should be warm, friendly, soft and functional. You let the wood absorbe your mood and intentions in the process of making the spoon, and I belive that the wood can convey this to the user.

The beginning is observing a curve on a branch/ following the curve with your hand / feeling the wood / the growth of decades / given to you / an opportunity /working with the axe / splitting the branch down the middle / following the path of the grain / revealing the embedded spoon /using all your skills to bring out the lines / from branch to spoon / in appreciation of the Wood.

This is my start using a blog. It is with mixed feelings, on one hand I want to share what I do, on the other hand I have always been a very private person being extremely cautious, who I let into my life . I hope it will be possible to find a balance between sharing and preserving privacy.

Welcome, I enjoy having you as my guest and I hope you will find it worthwhile reading my posts.